Part IV

Erika 149-153:
She thinks Ruthie is sth worse than her because she is black.
All she is thinking about is taking revenge and to "smash her up". She wears rings to make it harder.


Erika and her friend find Ruthie and Erika hits her a little when suddenly AJ takes her away to protect Ruthie and en he brakes up with Erika who bursts into tears.


Ruthie 154-156:
AJ and Ruthie are worried about what Erika is going to do, but he says that his and her friends will keep Erika away from Ruthie.



Erika 157-161:
She is despaired and depressed and her mum tries to help her. With a blade she damages Ruthies car as a warning sign leaving her a message that she will do that with her face too.
She gets more and more aggressive like she would be out of control.


Monika 162-165:
At prom AJ's friends are tired off the aggressive and angry girls (Erika's friends) and they protect Ruthie from another ataque. Kevin likes Ruthie.


Erika 166-167:
She admits that she is acting when she said all the bad things about other-coloured guys she wouldn't mean it.
Erika hasn't got a real family. Her mother is white and her dad black and she feels like an outsider in front of them. She has to fight with prejudices in front of her own skin colour.
AJ is the only good thing in her life, Ruthie has everything she wanted so why does she have to take her boyfriend too?

She still thinks AJ and she will be together again. I don't think so.


AJ 172-176:
He is sad seing Anthony happy with his new family even if he wants him to be happy.

A normal reaction...He thinks he is losing his brother.


Ruthie 177-184:
Ruthie and Erika has a one to one confrontation outside where everybody are watching them.
Erika will hit her but first Ruthie doesn't want to fight. Then Ruthie feels more strength and she tries to open Erika's eyes that fighting is the inly thing Erika knows. Ruthie provokes her and she fights with her words telling the truth to Erika even if there are some bad things to say.
Erika feels hurt inside she's feeling like a nobody as Ruthie said she would be. She feels helpless and so she runs away.

Erika 185:
She knows Ruthie was right she behaved wrong all the time.

I feel sry for her.


Shanice 186:
She is saying bad things about Erika.

Imani 182-184:
She and her friends will kill Ruthie if Erika doesn't. But Erika's resistence vanished in the "fight"


Erika 190-195:
She is down. She spends a lot of time with Franco who takes care of her. She is smoking a lot of weed with him.

Because she can't stand that pain inside her seing and thinking about AJ so she tries to satisfy her loneliness with Franco's kisses. She is crying while they are making love.